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Dr. Antony is Director of the Anxiety Research and Treatment Lab at Ryerson, and a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association. In addition to his primary appointment at Ryerson, he holds faculty appointments at the University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and McMaster Univer...

Bio/Research

Dr. Antony is Director of the Anxiety Research and Treatment Lab at Ryerson, and a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association. In addition to his primary appointment at Ryerson, he holds faculty appointments at the University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and McMaster University (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences). Previously, he was based at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, where he served as Psychologist-in-Chief and Founding Director of both the Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre and the Clinical Psychology Residency Program. Dr. Antony has published 30 books and more than 250 journal articles and chapters, and he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has also been interviewed or quoted by ABC News, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Fitness Magazine, National Geographic Channel, O (Oprah) Magazine, Oxygen Magazine, Shape Magazine, Washington Post, Women’s Health, Women’s World, Reader’s Digest, Vitality Magazine, and many other print, radio, and television outlets.

Dr. Antony’s research interests are in the area of anxiety-related disorders, perfectionism, and cognitive behaviour therapy. Recent projects include a CIHR-funded study on motivational interviewing for severe generalized anxiety disorder, as well as several other projects in the areas of social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and perfectionism

A new third edition of his “Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook” was published in Fall 2017, and can be viewed at: https://www.amazon.ca/Shyness-Social-Anxiety-Workbook-Step/dp/1626253404